Oyster-package



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OYSTER PACKAGE.

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. UNITED STATES- 'PATENT OFFICE.

MANSFIELD H. DOTSON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

OYSTER-PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,119, dated November29, 1887.

Application filed September 29, h3 7. Serial No. 250,993. (No mode.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, MANSFIELD H. DOTSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Oyster-Packages, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of a package for thetransportation of raw oysters, and is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figurel is a side view of the package. Fig. 2 is atop view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of Figs. 4 and 5 are views of thecross-bar for the cover.

The letter A designates the sides of the package, which is cylindric orbarrel shape and made of ordinary staves.

b is the bottom head, which has its edge or rim chamfered and fitted ina croze, as at 0, in the usual manner, leaving a chine, d. A second ordouble bottom head, 6, is on the outside against the chainfered head I),to which it is secured, and is fitted close within thesaid chine d, andits surface is flush with the ends of the staves. The grain of the woodof the outside head runs in a transverse direction from the grain of thechamfered head. This construction of bottom head gives stability andprevents the weight of the contents of package from coming entirely onthe rim of the cham-- jects'beyond the inside thickness and rests flangeat the two points Z, located on a diametrical line extending in adirection transverse with respect to the length of said bar, will'bemore prominent and first bear on the ends of the staves, and then whenthe socket ends is of the barare pressed down hard the effect will be tospring the bar and cover-head, so as to cause the flange 9 all aroundthe rim to rest in close contact withthe ends of the staves. Two bolts,m, are secured to the outside package at diametrical opposite sides, andtheir threaded ends project beyond the ends of the top chine, d, andwhen the cover-head is in place these ends occupy the end sockets, 7c,of the bar I. By having the bolts secured to the outside of the packagethe flange g of the cover adjoining the bolts is not cut away, as wouldbe the case if the bolts were on the inside. A nut, n, on each boltpresses the bar I contact with the stave ends. Each bolt has a hole, 0,and the wire of a lead seal, 1), passes through the said hole and servesto seal the parts and prevent the removal of the coverhead by anunauthorized person without the fact 'of removal being known.

A package having the features here described may be made of any size,ranging from five to forty gallons, and will serve for the safetransportation of raw oysters or any other commodity.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States A package of cylindric shape having twobolts, m, secured at the outside, a cover-head whose rim 9 rests uponthe top edge of the package-wall, a bar, I, provided at each end with abolt-socket, 7c, and between said ends having a swell curved surface, Z,secured in contact with the outside of the cover-head, and nuts on thebolts, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

MANSFIELD H. DOTSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. MORRIS,

JNo. T. MADDOX.

down hard and brings the flange g in close

